Possible nominate Long-tailed Tis at Ziegelanger

Especially in the winter it can be worth looking a bit
closer on Long-tailed Tits, since nordic individuals of the racecaudatusare migrating
through Germany then. The identication of this subspecies is unfortunately not easy, since not every "white-headed" Long-tailed Tit is a
clear candidate for the race caudatus. In the field the on the bottom pictured tits seemed for me almost perfect, since they showed a pure white head, softly pinkish coloured flanks and a well
defined black neck. At least till I observed an individual with a less well defined neck and dark feathers in the head, this tit cannot be a caudatus.

I don´t know, if the other Long-tailed Tits arecaudatus, after all this subspecies has to be reported to the Bavarian Rarity Committee (BAK) and it does occur rarely here. Finally it would be my
first caudatus, so I have no experience in identifying Long-tailed Tits on subspecies-level.